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'Monday Night Combat' (XBLA) Title Update And Free DLC Being Prepped

Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter ... and the most popular lethal sport of the future! It blends intense combat, finishing moves, and game show-like challenges and rewards to produce an action experience unlike any other.

Monday Night Combat for Xbox LIVE Arcade is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future! It blends intense combat, finishing moves, and gameshow-like challenges and rewards to produce an action experience unlike any other. Why fight for “honor” or “duty” when you can fight for the real American dream: cash, fame and endorsements?

Uber Entertainment have been busy fixing bugs, exploits and optimizing based on your feedback on our forums, emails, Facebook, and Twitter. The first Title Update is being tested right now and then it will be handed off for certification and in your hands as soon as possible. Here's a full list of fixes and changes that will be in the Title Update.

Connectivity and Multiplayer:

Reworked the way we handle parties in the pregame lobby to avoid splitting them up.

Fixed several issues where host migration would fail immediately.

Decreased wait time after a successful host migration.

Lobbies will now host migrate and not kick you back to the main menu.

If the host leaves during the end of match sequence, the host will migrate and players will return back to the lobby and not the main menu.

Optimized the time it takes to migrate hosts, shortening the time to migrate.

Improved weapon hit detection in high lag situations.

Fixed endorsements being incorrect after a host migration.

Fixed getting into private matches without an invite.

General Gameplay:

Fixed players being able to damage the Moneyball’s shields.

Fixed visual effects staying on the player after the effect has worn off.

educed the amount of increased damage the Moneyball takes in Overtime, thus reducing the effectiveness of “Juice rushing”.

Fixed Ringouts, Headshots and Grapple Kills not giving the proper amount of money. Balanced Ringout money to reflect the change. Message now displays correct total amount of money earned.

New “You Win!”/”You Lose!” UI for the end of a match.

Fixed juice benefits ending early if the player grapples during juice.

Fixed juice bar getting stuck full.

Fixed deploying on or near active jump pads.

Fixed controller sensitivity of 10 not saving.

Fixed messaging for kill streaks. Ultra and Uber streaks will now be named properly when popping up above your cursor.

Tank’s Jet Gun alternate fire damage is now reduced depending on the percentage of ammo left in the clip. Increased the full clip damage to compensate.

Assault:

Fixed an exploit involving the Assault’s Fly.

Fixed Assault’s bomb audio lingering after bomb is gone.

Monday Night Combat Live Update System:

Pregame Lobby is now 45 seconds.

Min Number of Players to start Crossfire is now 6.

Increased player bot spawing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.

DLC Plans

Beyond the Title Update, Uber Entertainment will be releasing their first of three DLCs. The first DLC will contain new content, gameplay adjustments, and more bug fixes. What's exactly in the first DLC will be announced closer to its release. Uber Entertainment are very invested in our community and want to see it thrive so the first DLC will be free.

Game Features:

Big Money! Big Prizes!: Players who drive the fans wild and catch the eye of corporate sponsors will win cash and prizes that can be used to upgrade their weapons and their defenses.

Blitz: Allows players to defend their Money Ball against armies of robots by themselves or with up to three of their closest friends over XBOX Live

Crossfire: Crossfire pits teams of players against each other over XBox LIVE. Each team is supported by an endless stream of robots fighting on their behalf; overwhelming your opponent’s stream will be the key to your success!

Six Unique Character Classes: Each Pro caters to their unique style of play and comes with their own set of upgradeable skills. Customize those skills and abilities even further with a variety of unlockable products and “My Pro” create-a-class feature.

Career: Extensive career meta-game gives players lots of room to enhance their Pro and show off their gaming prowess.